Abstract
A 16-year girl who had undergone orthodontic treatment with multi brackets Attached, had initial dental caries (white spots) on most of her teeth. All of the cavities were filled and the white spots monitored under a regular recall program. The findings are as follows:
1. The caries activity test (Cariostat®) showed mostly high values during this treatment.
2. The regular period of recall program was undertaken for 470 days. The patient was instructed to use fluoridated dual component dentifrice when brushing at home, while application of fluoride and professional mechanical cleaning was performed at the clinic 17 times.
To evaluate the effect of this treatment, we used the light-in duced fluorescence method.
We recorded the upper right and left central incisors using normal and light-in duced fluorescence photography and analyzed the demineralized areas.
The percentage of the demineralized area o f both teeth gradually decreased.
The average luminance of the demineralized area of both teeth was lowest in first time, and was highest while 247 days after treatment started, finally, the rate was a little lower than the highest.3. We evaluated remineralization of these teeth using normal photography mainly beside the cervical. We checked it more clearly however by using Light-induced fluorescence photography.
